St John‘s College Personal Collections

Letters to the Editor of Nature on their respective opinions of Airy's part in the Neptune controversy

Adams/Box 42/18/1-3
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7 Dec. 1946

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

No. 1 as published in Nature no. 4023 (December 7, 1946), 829-830. Nos. 2-3 galley proofs.

Jones, Sir Harold Spencer (1890-1960) Knight, astronomer

Extract from 'Le National'

Adams/Box 33/15/fol.32-34
Item
8 Oct. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

Unknown (000919)

Draft autograph letter to J.F.W. Herschel

Adams/Box 16/37/1
Item
6 Dec. 1851

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Incomplete. See transcript of complete version. Airy's paper on the eclipse given at meeting of RAS. Description of JCA's view of the eclipse.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Draft? autograph letter signed to Charles Delaunay

Adams/Box 16/19/4
Item
9 Aug. 1862

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Invitation for CD to come to meeting of British Association in Cambridge, Oct 1862, and to stay at the Observatory. Hopes also to be entertaining Airy.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to W.H.M. Christie

Adams/Box 34/15/1
Item
21 Apr. 1893

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Giving permission for MacAlister to have copies of his father's correspondence held in the files at Greenwich for his biography of JCA.

Airy, W (fl 1892)

Copy of letter to Mrs Airy

Adams/Box 33/10/fol.56-60
Item
6 Dec. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

Sedgwick, Adam (1785-1873) geologist

Copy of letter to J.W.L. Glaisher

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 24/24/47/1
Item
6 May 1888

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Correction to be made to JWLG's [Presidential] address [for RAS] about JCA, in favour of Airy's work on the motion of the planets.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 34/12/fol.128
Item
24 Jan. 1866

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

Stone, Edward James (1831-1897) astronomer

Copy of letter to H.M. Butler

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 36/10/3
Item
16 Mar. 1888

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Application for grant of money for the Observatory: counter to GB Airy's objections that the CO assistants are overpaid. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography. Possible that this particular item is JCA's own file copy.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to H.M. Butler

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 36/10/2
Item
17 Mar. 1888

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Application for grant of money for the Observatory: counter to GB Airy's objections that the CO assistants are overpaid. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography. Possible that this particular item is JCA's own file copy.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

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